MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR THURSDAY: JULIANNA PENA OUT FOR TWO YEARS FOLLOWING CATASTROPHIC KNEE INJURY

One of the UFC’s brightest young stars is hurt, and as stated by the company president she is going to be out of commission for a couple of years. It was yesterday revealed by UFC Tonight that TUF 18 winner Julianna Pena suffered a catastrophic injury to her right knee during training that resulted in tears to her ACL, MCL, LCL, meniscus, and hamstring. MMAFighting.com reported the injury happened during a grappling session Monday in Sikjitsu fitness center in Spokane, Washington. In accordance with UFC president Dana White, the injury is so severe that the 24-year-old Pena is expected to miss two years of actions. She’s set to have surgery on the knee next week when the swelling goes down. This is very sad news and everyone in the MMA world ought to wish Pena a quick recovery because she embarks on what will be a dark period in her life as she will not have the ability to compete at the game she loves just at the time she had been starting to get great at it. According to her official biography on UFC.com,” Pena said,”When I found MMA I realized it was the socket I needed and was looking for.” About fighting in the Octagon,” Pena said:”It means the world to me to be more fighting in the UFC. This is as large as it gets, it will not get any higher, and I’ve made it. It’s a fantastic achievement for myself.” However, for the upcoming little while, she will not have MMA in her entire life. Nicknamed”The Venezuelan Vixen,” Pena entered TUF 18 with a 4-2 record and was paired up against veteran Shayna Baszler in the preliminary round after beating Gina Mazany to enter the house. Despite being a massive underdog into Baszler, Pena managed to rally after being early to conquer Baszer via second-round submission. She subsequently submitted Sara Moras in the semifinals to earn a birth in the finale, and she won the show last November with a dominating first-round TKO win over Jessica Rakoczy. Currently ranked in the top 10 of those women’s bantamweight division, Pena had been set to face Jessica Andrade in UFC 171 this March before being forced to pull out this knee injury. Andrade will face Raquel Pennington. UFC Tonight’s Ariel Helwani was able to speak to Pena’s coach at Sikjitsu, Rick Little, who said the harm Pena suffered was the”most gruesome” he’d ever seen in sports. According to Little, Pena’s harm was the result of an over-aggressive training session, which seems strange given the severity of the accident. Based on White’s tweet which”what occurred at her gym is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever noticed,” there’s obviously much more to the story. There’s already speculation that this wasn’t only an crash, but that somebody at Pena’s camp held to a submission overly long, maybe a heel hook that’s highly frowned upon to do while training with teammates. That is just speculation for the time being, though, though I don’t by for a minute that this injury was only an accident based on which White’s tweet. It was much more inclined carelessness was the trigger. This is extremely disappointing news as I think Pena was a upcoming title contender in the UFC women’s bantamweight division. Pena’s wrestling is excellent and she’s improving her entire game so rapidly that she’d be a serious competitor for the UFC bantamweight title within the next couple of decades. Keep in mind her beef with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey in the show supposed she’d have been pushed up the ladder quicker than many others. However, this harm will clearly delay that opportunity to fight for the belt, and it’s possible that the injury renders that dream impossible. For someone who is just 24, it is not reasonable that Pena has needed to deal with so many injuries and bad fortune as such a young age. Before TUF 18 was filmed, Pena was involved in a horrible car accident which left her with a broken nose. She had suffered a broken arm one of her struggles, as well as the previous two ACL tears before in her career. But that is life, and life is not fair. Pena was working as a waitress before TUF and also living in the home with her family. With her career just going to remove, Pena had been looking forward to moving out and embarking on a promising career in the game. Now, she will be out sitting on the sidelines for around the next 24 month after suffering among the worst knee injuries ever to a UFC fighter, and she’ll have trouble making a living while doing so. I am hoping the UFC helps out Pena financially through her time off since, after all, she is an investment to the corporation. The UFC does have an insurance plan which should pay a portion of Pena’s surgery, but it’s capped at $50,000 annually and may not cover most Pena’s medical-related costs. So hopefully the UFC can do the right thing and help her out in her time of need. We get the complete story about what happened to Pena shortly, but for now let’s all wish Pena great luck on her surgery next week and let us hope she is able to beat the estimated two year layoff and get back into the cage earlier than later because she’s a huge fighter and has a bright future in the sport.

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